Regionally Focused, Globally Connected
Gauged by global health, our contributions to the betterment of public health in the EMR resonate beyond the borders of one region. In this report for 2021/2022, we share these regionally focused yet globally connected contributions to several areas of public health: field epidemiology, polio and routine immunization, disease surveillance, biorisk management, the one health approach, public health emergency management, non-communicable diseases, and research.
Gauged by global health, our contributions to the betterment of public health in the EMR resonate beyond the borders of one region. In this report for 2021/2022, we share these regionally focused yet globally connected contributions to several areas of public health: field epidemiology, polio and routine immunization, disease surveillance, biorisk management, the one health approach, public health emergency management, non-communicable diseases, and research.
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Non-Communicable<br />
Diseases<br />
NCDs are “a global problem” in which the EMR<br />
has a major share, with the regional NCD burden<br />
projected to increase in the coming years.<br />
Countries of the EMR, while diverse in their<br />
socioeconomic profile, cite lifestyle diseases as a<br />
common, growing public health problem whether<br />
caused and worsened by unhealthy lifestyle choices or<br />
economic conditions preventing access to treatment.<br />
We see in efforts to combat NCDs in the EMR a priority,<br />
only made possible by working closely with ministries<br />
of health and jointly with universities, research centers,<br />
and organizations to help better the situation.<br />
Directed by its strategy, EMPHNET aims to strengthen<br />
the prevention and control of NCDs in the EMR.<br />
EMPHNET has experience working in the control<br />
and prevention of NCDs especially with vulnerable<br />
communities including Syrian refugees living in Jordan.<br />
In the past year, EMPHNET used this experience to<br />
expand into other countries in the region focusing on<br />
health promotion for communities and supporting<br />
ministries of health in the better management of NCDs<br />
at a national scale.<br />
46 Annual Report 2021-2022<br />
Non-Communicable Diseases 47
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